I first came to Thailand 15 years ago. I've lived here full-time for the last 8. I'm a single man with cash flow, and I've had a lot of experience with Thai women of all sorts. Here is their priority list and where a westerner falls on it. 1) Family 2) money 3) food (as she's eating she'll be contemplating her next meal) 4) sleep 5) friends 6) job 7) the western guy. If the girl has a dog or cat then the guy will be 8. 3 and 4 are interchangeable depending on the girl. Even being that far down the list is fine with me. Living here beats the living hell out of living in the States. In the words of the great Roosh, it's poosy paradise. I'm mid-50's and my current #1 girl is 22 and flawless. Try to pull that off in the US. There it would be a much more convoluted process and far more expensive (one way or another). Here, no problem.